Chin Acne In Cats The Causes of Cat Chin Acne – A potential customer (now a customer) contacted us recently wanting to know if our filtration had what her current fountain had: a prefilter for preventing cat hair, etc. from entering the pump (it does); a carbon filter (ours do for those who want it, […]
Problems in Behavior – If our cats are exhibiting a behavioral problem, it is not because they are a problem but because they have a problem and it is our responsibility, and opportunity, to figure it out. Cats aren’t bad, but they can be stressed and act badly. So many cats end up in shelters, […]
‘Handmade’ means something and it means something important: At the simplest level it means an individual or individuals put their efforts, their attention and brought their skills into the creation of the product from start to finish, (as opposed to machinery made.) But just because a product is handmade doesn’t mean it is a quality product. […]
The Glazing Twice a week we at ThirstyCats load the glaze kiln with bisqued-ware to which we’ve just applied glazes. A day later we open the kiln and behold the transformation that 2200° F over a period of about 12 hours makes. The top and bottom images to the right are mirror images of one […]
What Does “The 3 Best Cat Water Fountains” Even Mean? Before revealing what are the 3 best cat fountains and what makes them so, we first define what we mean by ‘the best’. That word is used a lot and quite indiscriminately for cat fountains whereby even toxic products find themselves labeled so. Let’s clear […]
Ceramic Developments – Historically and at ThirstyCats In the most basic terms possible, pottery is the process and result of shaping clay into forms and heating it to a high enough temperature to cause the molecular particles to bind together and form a unified structure. That solidifying temperature varies with the clay used. Earthenware is […]